Dec 22: Hanukkah (Jewish)

Celebrated for 8 days. The date changes every year governed by the Lunar calendar.

clipped from multiculturalcalendar.com December 2008    Hanukkah The Festival of Lights is celebrated for eight days. Approximately in 164 B.C., Maccabees, a small group of Jews fighting for religious freedom won victory over the Syrians. The legend goes that to rededicate the Temple, they found only one jar of holy oil and miraculously the candelabra remained lit for 8 days. The eighth candle menorah is lighted. Special readings and songs of praise focus on liberty and freedom. Hanukkah Jewish